Senior Industrial Designer, Prime Air Expansion

About the role

If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real-world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you. The Prime Air Expansion Design team is seeking an experienced Sr. Industrial Designer to join our Design Engineering team. Our team leads building design for Prime Air Drone Delivery facilities, including fulfillment centers, middle-mile facilities, and other buildings across Amazon's network. We support ground-up, greenfield developments as well as the retrofit of existing facilities.

This individual will own composite drawing packages, construction documents, and permitting processes. The role spans the full spectrum of industrial development project types, including ground-up greenfield development, building shell design and delivery, and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing facilities. The role requires deep industrial design expertise, technical precision, the ability to manage complex, multi-phase projects with ambiguous parameters, and the judgment to drive design decisions that balance operational efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, collaborating with internal and external teams to generate high-quality, cost-effective design solutions. They will work across multiple projects with varied timelines while influencing, negotiating, and communicating effectively with internal stakeholders, contractors, engineers, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own composite drawing packages, construction documents, and permitting processes for Prime Air Drone Delivery facilities.
• Lead design projects spanning ground-up greenfield development, building shell design, and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing facilities.
• Manage complex, multi-phase projects with ambiguous parameters, balancing operational efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including internal stakeholders, contractors, engineers, and vendors, to deliver high-quality design solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience.
• Experience leading engineering design projects and interacting with cross-functional teams.
• Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of AutoCAD 3D.
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems, and high-speed manufacturing.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, and Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

• USA, TN, Nashville: $125,500.00 - $169,800.00 USD annually.
• USA, WA, Bellevue: $132,100.00 - $178,800.00 USD annually.

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.